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The Xic installation provides some example scripts, which will
appear in the User Menu.
To use these buttons (or any menu buttons) while in help mode, press
Shift while pressing the menu button.
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- fullcursor
This command executes a script that toggles whether the FullWinCursor variable is set. When set, the default cursor consists
of horizontal and vertical lines that extend completely across the
drawing window. The lines intersect at the nearest snap point in the
current window.
- paths
This command executes a script which allows the search path variables
to be edited graphically. These variables are otherwise set with the
!set command, or from the technology file.
- spiral
This is a text-based command for creating a spiral feature. A series
of prompts is given on in the prompt line, where the user supplies
dimensions, number of turns, etc. When the prompts are complete, an
outline of the spiral is attached to the mouse pointer, and will be
instantiated in the drawing window where the user clicks, on the
current layer.
- spiralform
This is a graphical version of the spiral script, where the user
fills in a form instead of responding to prompts. This is a
demonstration of the capability of Xic to use HTML forms as a
front-end to command scripts.
- yank
This example script allows the user to copy all geometry in a
rectangular area, independent of hierarchy, to a new flat cell. The
user clicks twice to define the area, and responds to the prompt for a
new cell name. All geometry in the area is copied, clipped to the
area, and added to the new cell. The original objects are not
affected.
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Stephen R. Whiteley
2022-05-28